Lopburi

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Introducing Lopburi

Walkable and amiable, Lopburi is a pleasant small town for tiptoeing off the tourist trail. Ancient ruins amid modern shophouses attest to Lopburi’s role in the central region’s shifting empires – the Dvaravati, Khmers, Sukhothai and Ayuthaya all established administrative centres here.

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Today the rulers of the ruins are a resident troop of monkeys who add mischief and mayhem to these retired places. Meanwhile, a low-key town filled with motorcycle shops and ice-cream parlours has grown like a weed, providing an engaging vantage point for Thai provincial life as well as a historical retrospective.

Most of Lopburi’s highlights can be seen and appreciated in one or two days en route north from Ayuthaya.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009

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  1. bigal1 avatar
    RE: Kanchanaburi to Sukhothai please help!

    by bigal1 21 May 2012

    rather than Ayuthaya you could go to Lop Buri and catch train from there to Pitsanalok you get the same bus to Supanburi and then one…
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    RE: A rough outline

    by bigal1 12 May 2012

    Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai Catch the overnight train (sleeper) will save more time as no need to go back to Bangkok and to airrport and…
  3. bigal1 avatar
    RE: Transport from Lopburi to Kanchanaburi

    by bigal1 28 April 2012

    No mini bus as far as I know, you will have to go first to Singburi and then to catch another bus in Suphanburi. you can hop on the bus…

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